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Historical Event on 9/23/1992

Indian-designed pilotless target aircraft 'Lakshya' successfully tested.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/9/1836Navalram Lakshmiram Pandya, famous writer and Gujrati critic , was born.
5/16/1946Gandhiji's Cabinet Mission announces Plan.
1/11/1966Lal Bahadur Shastri, Indian Prime Minister (1964-66), passed away at Tashkent, U.S.S.R. at 1:32, age 61. He was awarded the Bharat Ratna posthumously.
8/2/1763British troops once again defeated Mir Kasim in 'Giriya' battle.
6/7/1984Indian Army troops, sent to Punjab to quell Sikh violence, stormed the Golden Temple in Amritsar, the holiest of Sikh shrines. More than 400 persons were reported killed in the assault at the shrine, including Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale.
8/10/1927Manali Kallat Vainu Bappu, first Indian astronomer, litterateur and Urdu poet, was born at Madras.
4/6/1985Bombay beat Delhi by 90 runs to win the Ranji Trophy final.
12/27/1976The Kangla Tongbi war memorial built for 221 members who laid down their lives to repulsed several waves of Japanese attacks. Advance Base Depot is shifted to Jabalpur. The original memorial was erected on 15 April 1946 from local stone and the main epitaph displayed above is of black Naga stone.
7/31/1985Lalit Maken, Congress (I) M.P, his wife and a visitor at their residence in Delhi were shot down by terrorists.
4/1/1990Gold Control Act was withdrawn.